Since earning her PhD in 1988 from Utah State University, Marilyn Bonem has been on the clinical faculty of Eastern Michigan University, while practicing part-time in the community as a psychotherapist. She has also been providing clinical supervision since becoming fully licensed in 2006.

She is experienced in working with couples, families, children and adults focusing mainly on anxiety, depression, ADD, interpersonal skills and behavior problems. Her approach incorporates Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Dialectic Behavior Therapy and Applied Behavior Analysis.